Table 1 Demographics of the study group. Results are presented as n (%)
From: Itch in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: findings of PEBLES, a prospective register study
| Â | RDEB subtype | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Category | Overall | RDEB-S | RDEB-I | RDEB-Inv | RDEB-Pru |
n | Â | 50 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
Age group | 8–17 | 8 (16) | 7 (35) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
|  | 18–39 | 21 (42) | 10 (50) | 3 (17) | 6 (67) | 2 (67) |
| Â | 40+ | 21 (42) | 3 (15) | 14 (78) | 3 (33) | 1 (33) |
Gender | Female | 29 (58) | 12 (60) | 11 (61) | 6 (67) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Male | 21 (42) | 8 (40) | 7 (39) | 3 (33) | 3 (100) |
All ethnicities | White British | 37 (74) | 12 (60) | 15 (83) | 7 (78) | 3 (100) |
| Â | Irish | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Other White | 5 (10) | 4 (20) | 0 (0) | 1 (11) | 0 (0) |
| Â | White and Asian | 1 (2) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Indian | 2 (4) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Pakistani | 3 (6) | 1 (5) | 1 (6) | 1 (11) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Any other ethnic group | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |